Nightmare Pairings of Sweden – Helsingborgs Dagblad

– France, I see as a future World Team, says the coach said.

During Saturday night was Erik Hamrén in place in St. Petersburg to follow the draw for the World Cup qualifiers, which start in September next year.

But it was not a fun evening for the 58-year-old.

– There are very many who have arrived to me and patted me and think that we got a really tough group, said Hamrén.

Sweden were in the third seeding group, and the German Oliver Bierhoff, who decided European Championship finals in 1996, pulled the blue and yellow national team group A with Bulgaria, Belarus and Luxembourg.
Two great nations

After that came France.

And the Netherlands .

– One thing is certain. We are not the favorites anyway. Realistically, it’s two big favorites in France and Holland, of course, but everything is possible. It showed not the least our U21 national team in playoff against France and in the playoffs. I have nevertheless not given up the chance.

France sees it Swedish federation captain, as the group’s best team of the moment and the country was one of two teams – Italy, the second – he did not want to meet from the second seeding group.

On the world ranking, France is 22th, and last year took the team to the World Cup quarter-finals, but fell there with 0-1 against future world champions Germany. France is directly qualified for the European Championships next year, when the country will host the championship.

– The very individually skilled player and a great way to play football. Both lagmässigt and individually have the qualities required. They were good in the world championships last year with a younger team that should have had that experience now when playing the European Championship on home soil.

Netherlands is fifth in the

world rankings and was the World Championship bronze medalist last summer and the World Cup 2006 – but has problems in the European Championship qualifiers and is only third in their group behind Iceland and the Czech Republic.

– Also they have many individually skilled players, although if they had a slight dip after the World Cup. They have been in the finals of the playoffs that they are skilled when it comes to the big matches, but both the law while in the group makes it a very, very tough group, of course. Otherwise, I think it was totally okay with the law we got.